Clever Elsie
A fairy tale retold from Grimms' Fairy Tales, by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
This fairy tale was collected by Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm in nineteenth-century Germany and published in their famous collection. It is a humorous story about a woman who worries so much about things that may never happen that she forgets to live in the present. The Grimms gathered these tales from oral tradition, and "Clever Elsie" has been told for generations as a cautionary tale about overthinking. This reader reflects the language and customs of its era. This text reflects its era.
- Band
- Yellow · Emerging readersTypical starting range: ages 6–8
- Length
- medium · about 595 words in 6 sections · 4 pictures
- Source
- Grimms' Fairy Tales, Jacob Grimm and Wilhelm Grimm
- First published
- see the About page in the reader
- Regions
- Canada · United States
Included formats
- · Web reader and PDF
- · EPUB for e-readers
- · Home-print sheet
- · Folded booklet
- · Binder edition (8.5 × 11)
- · Worksheet
- · Quick Check (8 questions) with answer key
- · Read-aloud script
- · Colouring page
- · Teacher’s Edition (members)
Lesson at a glance
- Reading
- about 10 minutes at this band
- Pause questions
- 3
- Words to Know
- 7
- Quick Check
- 8 questions, with the answer key
- Let’s Talk
- 3 questions for afterwards
- Worksheet
- questions, an activity and a drawing prompt
About 40 minutes with one story, all of it.
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